The implications of the NICE guidelines on neurosurgical management for all severe head injuries: Systematic review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-178

  Barratt, Helen ^a   Wilson, Mark ^b   Moore, Fionna ^c   Raine, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949887280     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.075382     Document Type: Review

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